Taverna del Pappagallo Ristorante e Pizzeria

Pappagallo is one of the best places to eat pizza in Italy. Why? Because they have good ingredients and they are using a wooden oven. The first sign that showed us that it is a good place to eat, was the queue right in front of the entrance, before 18:30. At 18:30 sharp, the owner opened the door and the entire ristorante was full of people and all tables were occupied. Pappagallo is a basic but nice Italian restaurant in Stresa, and it is perfect if you intend to not go to city centers and avoid tourist traps. The prices are very good, warm ambience and very friendly staff (love the way they speak to you in Italian). There are lots of authentic Italian dishes (pizza, pasta, meat, cheese platters and seafood) but the wood-fired pizzas are exceptional! We tried pasta amatriciana, pizza four seasons and pizza arrabiata (with spicy sausage), plus some nice lager beer aside. No other comments, the taste is amazing!

I am so happy that I found this place. The food was great. We ordered the cheese and meat platter that should be for 2, but we were 3 and it was more than enough. Everything was delicious. After that we barely had space for the mains. The pizza has excellent dough, the fish was fresh and the pasta had a great taste. The service was also excellent.

Hands down the best pizza we had on our trip to Italy. The pasta, vino, homemade desserts and hospitality were outstanding as well. Make a reservation and don’t skip this place during your time in Stresa!

A very basic but nice Italian restaurant in Stresa! They definitely know what they do! While I intend to not go to city centers to avoid tourist traps, this taverna is a nice culinary gem. It is inexpensive, warm ambience, very friendly staff! The ambiance is OK, nothing fancy, very traditional but the dining experience is good. Obviously, there are lots of authentic Italian dishes but the wood-fired pizzas are exceptional, give it a try!

We were recommended this place for their pizzas. After attempting to go there on our first night in town & being turned away due to them being fully booked, we booked for the next night. The team were very welcoming & friendly, and the pizzas were great. We sat outside, and felt it was a little cramped, but still a nice atmosphere. Thanks for the delicious dinner!

Excellent food, and even more amazing service!! The pizza is one of the best I have ever had! The gnocchi as well. Mattia is one of the best waiters I have ever seen, so eneregized and friendly, made the experience 100x better.

Very authentic Italian place with friendly staff and delicious food! Highly recommend to try the deserts even if you're stuffed with the main course. I personally enjoyed tiramisu, but friends was impressed with profitrollers and afogato with whiskey.

Amazing food! Pizza is simply stunning. Please make sure you make a reservation in advance. My son felt in love with Mattia!

Enjoyed lunch with my family of five for our last meal in Italy. My wife ordered a pizza which was excellent, although served after the pasta dishes which my kids and I had. In Italy, pasta is the first course so if you want all of the courses served at the same time, you must tell the server. We ate tagliatelle pasta at several restaurants in Italy and this was one of the better ones we had. We enjoyed a cannoli and a tiramisu for desert which was tasty. The server spoke some English and was attentive. There is an excellent gelato place next door which our kids loved as well.

Fantástico! Service was nice and friendly. Pizza was bomb dot com!! Go for the liter birra

Despite the strong reviews, for me this place is just OK. It is really focused on churning the tables and for me the food seemed somewhat mass produced. Service is very attentive and the servers are multi-lingual with good English making it easy as a tourist here. Also, they've got a really nice inner patio and because we were early for our reservation we were able to snag a table directly under a ceiling fan so even though the day was hot, it was reasonably comfortable. Their website does a good job artfully displaying their dishes although the hurried preparations didn't quite live up to the web images. Our food-antipasto platter (a mix of uninspiring things), house lasagne (nothing special) and fried lake fish were all fine, just nothing too special and nothing with any flair. Bottom line, perfectly acceptable food with friendly service.

The pizza is very good. If you can get a table in inner garden it is awesome. Very nice staff. The veal had ham in it and was a bit salty for me. Otherwise pizza was a good experience. There are other places with the inner garden also worth trying. Service was acceptable.

Nicely prepared fresh pasta with seafood. Perfect pasta, fresh salad and attentive staff. Worth a trip!

Hotel Astoria recommended Pappagallo if we were eating in town. It was amazing! We have traveled all over Italy, and it was some of the best food we have ever had in country, as well as some of the best, fastest service we have ever had as well. Our waiter Leo, was friendly, fun, and attentive. Mario, "the big boss," as they called him, was charming and quietly jovial, and we had fun sporadically chitchatting with them all night, especially the second night, because after the first night we had to eat there again! We ordered Pizza Mec and added ham... some of the best pizza I've ever had in Italy ... and lasagna. Lasagna was more cheesy based than we were used to but still delicious. The second night we ordered Pizza Mec again but this time the other dish was spaghetti carbonara. Wow!! Both were outrageously good!! Then, if that wasn't enough, for dessert we ordered Creme Meringue! ? We had never had it before, but it looked delicious in the display case. Wow again!! So very crazy delicious!! On the second night, after having such a great dining experience yet again, they kept bringing us lemon cello on the house. Fantastic! Highly, highly recommend!! Capped off two great nights in Stresa. Thanks Pappagallo!! Hope to see you again someday soon ...

Wonderful salad and salmon pasta, with freshly baked bread and good wine, served by friendly waiters under a pretty umbrella in the middle of the bustling town square. This restaurant, as so many in Italy do, serves the food quickly and efficiently but encourages relaxed dining and conversation, not bringing a check until you ask someone to do so. We will be back. Lovely experience.